wasabi

lumi ate some sushi today.  it wasn't her first time with sushi, but it was her first time feeding herself.  she loved it, and was picking up salmon rolls and putting them in her mouth, and taking a fork and eating rice.  and then she ate a forkful of wasabi.

we saw it happen -- dip fork, fork to mouth, put fork down.  during that little delay between the wasabi hitting the tastebuds and then hitting the sinuses, i took the fork from her and offered water.  then she started coughing really hard and looked really unhappy.  she didn't cry, which was impressive.  then i taught her the word 'spicy'.  and now she knows.